Michael Xavier: Sunset Boulevard's Leading Man

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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You Guys! It was such a thrill to spend an afternoon chatting with the perfectly British and perfectly handsome and perfectly hilarious Michael Xavier. Currently starring opposite Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway, Michael is on loan to us from Mother England where he is one of the West End's biggest stars. With two Olivier nominations to his name, he's brought his charm and talent across the pond and is giving one of this season's most celebrated performances as Joe Gillis in one o...

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the theater people podcast is brought to you by Stage Door Manor.
0:04.3	Stage Door Manor is currently accepting applications for their summer theater programs.
0:08.4	You can find information and application forms at stagedoor manor.com.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Theater People podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines.
0:27.5	You guys, as many of you know, this season in the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard,
0:33.7	we have on loan from Mother England, one of the West End's biggest stars, Michael Xavier.
0:37.3	He has starred in countless productions in the West End. I mean that literally, you guys,
0:39.5	I actually tried to count, but there are too many. In 2011, he was nominated for two Olivier
0:45.7	awards, for supporting actor in a musical, for Cinderella's Prince and The Wolf and Into the Woods,
0:51.2	and for leading actor in a musical for the role of Oliver in Love Story.
0:56.2	And now he's making a stunning Broadway debut as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, alongside Glenn Close.
1:03.4	He was hilarious and charming and just perfectly British, and I loved chatting with him.
1:09.3	Here's our conversation.
1:11.1	Hi, Michael Xavier.
1:12.2	Hello, sir.
1:13.1	If our listeners are going to hear me sounding like a screeching nervous wreck,
1:17.3	it's because I've got the times wrong and I'm going to feel terrible about it until I die.
1:21.6	So we're running 10 minutes behind for your interview.
1:23.7	Absolutely fine.
1:24.6	I might kill myself.
1:26.2	Would it make you feel better if I said I was 10 minutes
1:27.9	late? There you go. There you go. I was 10 minutes late. We're on time. Well, welcome to New York.
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